In this study, we investigate cost behavior of companies in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries before corporate tax rate cuts become effective. We consider such events to generate strong incentives for intertemporal cost shifting. We analyze the time...

The aim of this article is to investigate if small firms react to a national corporate tax rate reduction by managing their taxable income. In contrast to previous studies, we also analyze whether outsourcing of accounting tasks affects the magnitude of the reaction. Based on a sample of Finnish...

This study explores the link between earnings management and jurisdictional differences in book-tax conformity. A dataset of national reforms where the corporate tax rate is lowered is used to estimate the effect of conformity on private firm's earnings management behavior when a specific...